The laughing gas move is a joke, appropriately. Yet again the government overrules the scientists in a populist authoritarian knee-jerk response. For a government that is supposedly so anti cancel cu… (View Post)

That's fair. He is overly cautious. I didn't vote for him as leader. The Tories need to go but I don't hold out great hopes for the next Labour government, or indeed for the long term … (View Post)

Not really. You've simply extrapolated what I have said with respect to one issue, applied it to a different issue, and in addition made out that I've said something I haven't. I didn&… (View Post)

Good politicians get out in front of public opinion, do what they think will be best for the whole country and try to shape opinion through action and argument. The fact that this government operates… (View Post)

Drugs policy is a mess. Scientists can help us come up with a more rational policy by providing evidence on the relative harm of various substances - which is surely the appropriate metric against wh… (View Post)